During the end-of-year review of the University of Applied Sciences FH Upper Austria, also our research group member Stephan Winkler was also honored on the occasion of his habilitation at the Johannes Kepler University in 2018.

We are very proud, that we have another habilitated member in our team, that supports our work and research!

The Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (FH OÖ) honors outstanding scientists and scholars actively engaged in research in an annual award ceremony. The most successful among them were acknowledged with the Researcher Award of the FH OÖ on December 19th 2018 by LR Achleitner, FH-OÖ-Managing Director Gerald Reisinger and R&D director FH-Prof. Priv. Doz. DI Dr. Johann Kastner.

In the field of R&D the FH OÖ has been particularly successful since 2003 and over the years has developed into Austria's No. 1 university of applied sciences and one of the front runners in German-speaking countries. Research & Development at the four faculties is carried out by around 400 FH OÖ professors and scientific staff in more than 400 projects on 17 key topics and 6 excellence fields: Smart Production, Medical Technology, Energy, Food, Automotive and Logistics - practice-oriented with and for companies and institutions Economy and society.

We are delighted to announce that a prize went also to our research team this year: Michael Affenzeller received the Researcher Award 2018 for his contributions in the field of heuristic optimization and artificial intelligence. Congratulations!

The Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences (FH OÖ) honors outstanding young scientists and scholars actively engaged in research in an annual award ceremony. We are delighted to announce that a prize went also to our research team this year: Michael Kommendareceived the Junior Researcher Award 2018 for his contributions in the field of structure identification and heuristic optimization and finishing his PhD. Congratulations!